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D N ZENO PERP F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly to right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman and fallen enemy motif / VICTORIA AVGGG Γ, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding long jewelled cross; star in right field, COMOB in exergue. RIC X 3654; Depeyrot 91/1; Lacam pl. 57, 70 (same obv. die); NAC 93, 1096 (hammer: 8,500 CHF); CNG MB 72, 2213; Roma XXIII, 1152 (same obv. die). 4.40gr, 20mm, 7h.

Good Extremely Fine. Extremely rare.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXIX, 9 November 2023, lot 606. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

In RIC X, Kent argues that the Rome solidi struck at the behest of Odovacar can be divided into two series. The first series bearing the mint mark COMOB and :, R or Γ at the end of the reverse legend, and the second with •COMOB• and Γ• or Ä (see p. 216).

D N ZENO PERP F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman motif / VICTORIA AVGGG Ä, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding long jewelled cross; star in right field, •COMOB• in exergue. RIC X 3657; Lacam pl. 50, 7; Künker 227, lot 2001 (hammer: 2,800 EUR). 4.32gr, 21mm, 6h.

Near Mint State. Sharp and lustrous. Very rare.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

D N ZENO PERP AVG (AV ligate), pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman and fallen enemy motif / VICTORIA AVGGG, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding long jewelled cross; M-D across fields, star to left, COMOB in exergue. RIC X 3601; Lacam pl. 53, 55; Depeyrot 39/1. 4.34gr, 21mm, 12h.

About Mint State. Extremely rare.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

D N ANASTASIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly to right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman and fallen enemy motif / VICTORIA AVGGG Θ, Victory standing tp left, holding jewelled cross; star in right field, mint monogram in left field, COMOB in exergue. Metlich 6; Ladich 36; Lacam-pl. 59, 88; MEC -; BMC Vandals 63. 4.38gr, 21mm, 6h.

Near Extremely Fine. An attractive, lustrous coin. Rare.

From the Brightwalton Collection. Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

D N BIS SEVER-VS P F ΛVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust το / VICTORI-Λ ΛVGGG (retrograde), emperor standing facing, long cross in left hand, stylized rendering of Victory on globe in right, left foot on man-headed serpent; R-A (retrograde) across fields, [...]OB (retrograde) in exergue. Cf. RIC X 3754. 4.48gr, 24mm including loop, 6h.

Near Very Fine. Possibly contemporary suspension loop attached.

Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.

✠ ƧISEBYTYS RE, facing bust / ✠ ISPΛLIPIΥS, facing bust. MEC 232; CNV 219.35; cf. Miles, Visigoths 187(g). 1.46gr, 19mm, 6h.

About Mint State. Rare with retrograde S.

From the Brightwalton Collection. Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

Comprising: various rulers, denominations, and reverse types. 67gr total, 13-26 mm.

As shown.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Group comprising: Gallienus, Antoninianus (1); later bronzes, mostly the family of Constantine I (19); various issues, reverse types and mints. 56.36gr total, 16-26mm.

Good Fine-Very Fine.

Ex property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman.

Comprising: mixed issues and reverse types. 11.71gr total, 20-22mm.

As shown.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

Comprising: mixed emperors, issues and reverse types. 5.35gr total, 13-15mm.

As Shown.

From a German private collection, formed since the 1980s.

Comprising: various rulers, denominations, and reverse types. 70gr total, 10-29 mm.

As shown.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Comprising: mixed emperors, issues and reverse types. 30.15gr total, 13-22mm.

As Shown.

From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.